Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams Come True ❯ Chapter Fourteen: Moral Support ( Chapter 14 )

Chapter Fourteen: Mental Support

Oblivious to where she was going, Mina let her feet guide her down the sidewalk and around corners. She had not the faintest where they were taking her, she was too upset to care. Nearly ran into a door when she finally stopped, and as she looked up she recognized it as the Wheelers' front door. She knocked once or twice and waited--Joey answered.

"Heya Mi-What's wrong? You look like you've been cryin'."

"Joey, is Serenity home?"

"Er, yeah. What happened?"

"Nothing. I'm gonna, um, go in now, okay?" She gently pushed past him and darted up the stairs to Serenity's room.

Her friend was bent over at her desk, writing what looked like a letter. At Mina's approach she looked up and smiled brightly.

"Hey Mina!" Seeing the look on Mina's face, her smile quickly changed to a frown of concern. "Oh my gosh. What happened?" She ushered Mina to an armchair and they both sat down in it, squished, but Mina felt better with her best friend hugging her. She sniffled.

"My dad's going to kill me!!!" She began, then burst into tears. Serenity frowned and sighed, stroking Mina's hair. She was the only one who knew that Mina was in fact Pegasus's daughter.

"Is this about a guy?"

Mina nodded slowly, grabbing the tissue Serenity offered her and blowing her nose.

Outside, Joey had his ear against the door, listening.

"What guy, Mina?"

Through sniffles and tears Mina managed to say two words: "Seto Kaiba."

Outside the room, Joey nearly had heart failure. Inside the room, Serenity just sighed and handed Mina another tissue.

"Tell me all about it, Mina."

And she did. Starting with the very first time she saw him, to the duel, to the ball, to the kiss. She hesitated a moment, then told her about the morning after, and after she was done, began bawling again.

"Oh, Mina… You've pulled yourself in over your head, haven't you? Poor thing…" Mina suddenly found herself being offered another tissue and a large chocolate bar.

"Geez, Serenity, it's like you're prepared for the world to end, or something…" She sniffed, and blew her nose, then took a small piece of the chocolate. Serenity knew how much she loved it.

"Hey, you never know. But listen. Here's what you do." She cleared her throat and stood up, rummaging through her closet. "Okay. I'll get Joey to lend us some money to get downtown on the bus, and we're gonna march right into Kaiba Corp. headquarters, ok?"

Mina nearly keeled over and died at this point. "Kaiba Corp.??? Are you insane?"

"No-trust me, this'll work. Since you're shorter than me, and I look older, I can say I'm your… uh… aunt, and that I've brought you there to start as an intern! Once you're in, you march straight up to Seto's office and talk to him about it, because I don't have enough chocolate to last for both you and me, girl."

So she noticed…thought Mina guiltily, finishing off the last of the chocolate and starting on another bar. At this moment, Serenity tossed a very prim little business outfit in her lap, and grinned.

"Go and change into that, I'll borrow something of mom's and ask Joey for some bus money." Mina just nodded and did as she was told.

A minute or so later, she stepped outside, and nearly knocked over Joey.

"Huh? Joey? What are you doing out here?"

"Oops.. Um, uh, nothin', just passin' by.. ehehehe…"

"Joey..? Were you listening in?"

He gulped. Yes, he had been.

"Nah, I haven't been.." Mina stared at him strangely for a minute.

"Well, okay, if you say so…" She smiled at him and walked into the living room. Joey sighed a deep sigh of relief.

"That... had been way... too… close…" He thought out loud, running a hand through his hair.

As Mina and Serenity got their things together and left the house, our heroine couldn't help but wonder if this was going to turn out ever so slightly... interesting.

And poor Seto in his office had not the faintest idea he was to have a new and very peculiar intern arriving that day.